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Joint replacement surgery is usually just for people in their 60s and 70s. No longer. More and more young patients are now going under the knife, especially those who want to maintain an active lifestyle.

The pathology report is a collection of information that describes a patient's breast cancer. Unfortunately, the pathology report is sometimes written in terms that only pathologists and other medical professionals can understand, which is why it's best to sit down with someone who can best clear away any misunderstandings.

Martin Delaney, who led the movement to grant AIDS patients access to experimental drugs and headed early education efforts about the disease, has died.

Objective: To investigate whether the functional changes in pain disorder might be reflected by structural brain changes. Pain disorder assessed with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) criteria is characterized by persistent and distressing chronic pain at one or more body sites which cannot be fully explained by a physiological process or somatic disorder. Psychological factors are thought to play a major role. Recent neuroimaging studies evidenced altered pain processing in patients suffering from this disorder.Methods: Fourteen right-handed women fulfilling the DSM-IV criteria for pain disorder and 25 healthy age-matched women were investigated with magnetic resonance imaging. In the voxel-based morphometry analysis, we compared both groups for changes of gray-matter density. We included age and Beck Depression Inventory scores as nuisance variables to minimize possible confounding effects of age or depressive comorbidity.Results: I

Patients who suffer a stroke that involves bleeding between the surface of the brain and the brain tissue have a better chance of survival and reduced disability if they are treated within 24-hours and at a hospital that handles many brain-attack emergencies, according to updated guidelines from the American Heart Association, published today in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Drug treatment for heart failure is influenced by the gender of the patient and the doctor, according to German researchers who ...

Researchers said that especially with young patients who were overweight but not yet obese, doctors might be missing a good chance to intervene.

Other Stories by Susan Sullivan MORGANTOWN -- A new study conducted at West Virginia University has found that not enough doctors are urging their cancer patients to quit smoking. The chief of hematol...

Non-verbal communication, in the form of facial expressions, may be impaired in people with schizophrenia. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that deficits in non-verbal expressivity in schizophrenia are linked to poor social skills and an unawareness of the thoughts and intentions of others.

A month's rent just for eyeglasses? Taking care of your eyesight doesn't have to cost so much.